Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron is a box office success in China, but some say the Studio Ghibli co-founder’s anti-war stance is ‘hypocritical’ as the film portrays Japanese characters as victims of Second World War.
Mainland-friendly Taiwanese ex-president denies disputed Diaoyus are Japanese territory after being shown Ming-era manuscripts in ancient imperial city of Xian during ‘journey of peace’, Xinhua reports.
Foreign ministry says they are ‘common practice’ and conducive to developing relations between the two nations
Chinese intellectuals who took part in a programme partly funded by Tokyo have been attacked on social media